March 12-18, 2004
Headline
Editorial
10,000+
One little item of news two weeks ago escaped the notice of most people: the Home Ministry's announcement that the number of Nepalis killed in…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
Showing we have guts
We curse bandas, but meekly obey the diktat of its organisers
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
Loving to hate Haiti
It's best to keep donors, neighbours and the big powers engaged
London Eye by JOTI GIRI
High and dry in Kathmandu
Pondering lessons from water privatisation on World Water Week
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Really good news
Us hacks have been getting a lot of flak lately from loyal readers and royal leaders alike complaining that we print only the bad news,…
Nation
Heartbreak hotels
Despite increased tourist arrivals, hotels say they still need help paying bank loans
KHADGA SINGH
Bhojpur postmortem
Who knew, and when did they know it?
DAMBAR KRISHNA in DHARAN and GYANENDRA KHADGA in BHOJPUR
Business
"Money laundering is happening."
Ashoke SJB Rana is chief executive officer at the Himalayan Bank Limited.
History
Culture
Norbu’s neo-thangkas
Even though he is barely heard of in Nepal, artist Tenzin Norbu is well known throughout creative circles in Europe. At the age of 33, this…
Book Worm
The Price of Neglect Bishnu Raj Upreti
The Price of Neglect Bishnu Raj Upreti Bhrikuti Academic Publications, 2004 Rs 1,295 Bishnu Raj Upreti has provided an intelligent insight into…
Travel
Sports
Nepali Society
Positive about life
When her husband set off to work at the office of an Indian tea company in Mumbai, Mathura Devi Kunwar thought he would come back with savings.…
From The Nepali Press
Business Briefs
Power guidelines
Following a meeting last week between an International Hydropower Association (IHA) team and Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa, who is also the…
Private telecom
After years of pressure from the private sector to end the state monopoly on telecommunications, a policy allowing private players to run…
New Products
DIRECTOR'S SEAT: Shaw Wallace, Indian alcohol and beverage industry giant, is now in Nepal to launch Director's Special and Director's Special…
Letters
State of the state
It is not possible to understand Jawahar Lal Nehru University (JNU) without having been either a student or a teacher here. It is a complex…
Fr Watrin
Thank you for your very moving editorial and tribute to Fr Eugene Watrin ('A guru of love'). Although I was never his student, at his funeral I…
Cyber-Banking
Khadga Singh's 'Can we bank on the internet?' (#185) leaves out the work of Laxmi Bank Ltd, which installed the world class banking software,…
Lak
When Daniel Lak said he was leaving Kathmandu for Miami, I opened a bottle of Kingfisher at this fortuitous turn of events. Finally, I could see…
Manjushree
Re: "Educating foreigners" (#186). Manjushree Thapa should not expect a foreigner to be familiar with the history of Nepal because we really…
In this issue:
Nepal’s tarnished image | 10,000+ | Showing we have guts | A medical menace in our backyards | Loving to hate Haiti | Biratnagar turns trash into cash | Bhojpur postmortem | Protesting more creatively | Women in exile | Democracy-II | Heartbreak hotels | High and dry in Kathmandu | The outsourcing locomotive | “Money laundering is happening.” | Orchid fever | Backdoor to Lukla | Tagging along to Langtang | Abandon the gym for the Himalaya | The Moon Illusion | Hindu warrior back in his chariot | Aiding South Asia | The rise of Shi’a Petrolistan | Putin : Tsar or doge? | An active monarchy isn’t unconstitutional | Foreign banks | No more patience | Bhojpur attack | Telephone | Sad leaving Nepal | Norbu’s neothangkas | “Love is a triumphant ride in a chariot” | Pedalling peace | Golf talk | Positive about life | Really good news